Greater humification of belowground than aboveground biomass carbon into particulate soil organic matter in no-till corn and soybean crops

Soil Biology and Biochemistry

Volumn 85, Issue , 2015, Pages 22-30

  Mazzilli, Sebastián R ^a   Kemanian, Armen R ^b   Ernst, Oswaldo R ^a   Jackson, Robert B ^c   Piñeiro, Gervasio ^a,d  

^a UNIVERSIDAD DE LA REPÚBLICA   (Uruguay)

^b PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c Stanford University   (United States)

^d UNIVERSIDAD DE BUENOS AIRES   (Argentina)

Author keywords

Carbon isotopes; Corn; Humification rate; Particulate organic matter; Root carbon inputs; Soybean

Indexed keywords

BIODEGRADATION; BIOGEOCHEMISTRY; BIOLOGICAL MATERIALS; BIOMASS; BUDGET CONTROL; CARBON; ISOTOPES; LAKES; ORGANIC COMPOUNDS; SOILS; STABILIZATION;

CARBON ISOTOPES; CORN; HUMIFICATION; PARTICULATE ORGANIC MATTERS; ROOT CARBON INPUTS; SOYBEAN;

ORGANIC CARBON;

ABOVEGROUND BIOMASS; BELOWGROUND BIOMASS; CARBON ISOTOPE; CARBON SEQUESTRATION; CROPPING PRACTICE; GROWING SEASON; HUMIFICATION; PARTICULATE ORGANIC MATTER; ROOT SYSTEM; SOIL ORGANIC MATTER; SOYBEAN; ZERO TILLAGE;

GLYCINE MAX; ZEA MAYS;

EID: 84924939650     PISSN: 00380717     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.soilbio.2015.02.014     Document Type: Article

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